He addresses the media's taking issue with Aliyun's OS running Android apps and was obviously slightly frustrated that Google's response failed to include "open handset" and "ecosystem" in the same sentence, if you catch his drift.
Not official word on availability right now but it should arrive with the new Hero handset this summer and in the US later this year on, it is assumed, T-Mobile's version of the Hero device.
Developing better SMS services across multiple operators means that the messages will be interoperable (what you send on one network and handset will be seen that way when received on another network and handset) in the same way that apps are working today but SMS has only managed to in the most pared-down, text-only scenarios.
Eventually, Qualcomm plans to spin off MediaFLO and license the technology, much the way it already licenses its CDMA technology to wireless service providers and handset manufacturers in the U.S. and Asia.
Word from the press room is that the new handset, and the new WebOS in general, looks like a winner.
That means it accounted on its own for almost half of all Android shipments - and points to its increasing dominance both in handsets and in its ability to control the direction of Android's future development.
Now that I think about it, I probably don't use Skype as much because wired handsets and the built-in protocols are a hassle.
Samsung Electronics, a variety of mobile WiMAX base stations and handsets in the lineup this year as being a commercial artist in the United States and Latin American markets will be plans to expand the Mobile WiMAX market.
If the ZTE Open and its Alcatel sibling do well (which, as I say, they may well do), that will give Telefonica leverage in negotiating pan-European contracts with Apple, Samsung and other handset makers in the future.
Last week claimed it had replaced 60% of handsets in South Korea and in the US.
